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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...

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The social costs of unemployment : accounting for unemployment duration

Ochsen, Carsten; Welsch, Heinz - In: Applied economics 43 (2011) 25/27, pp. 3999-4005

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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: August 2, 2012

In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...

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Economic growth and subjective well-being : reassessing the Easterlin paradox

Stevenson, Betsey (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2008

of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a … happiness. Together these findings indicate a clear role for absolute income and a more limited role for relative income … comparisons in determining happiness. -- Happiness ; subjective well-being ; Easterlin Paradox ; life satisfaction ; economic …

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The value of reducing fear : an analysis using the European social survey

Moore, Simon Christopher - In: Applied economics 38 (2006) 1, pp. 115-117

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Does democracy make taller men? : cross-country European evidence

Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan - 2021 - This version: January 2022

We study whether a democracy improves a measure of individual wellbeing; human heights. Drawing on individual-level datasets, we test the hypothesis using a battery of eight different measures of democracy and derived averages, and include models accounting for several confounders, regional and...

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Subjective well-being and income : is there any evidence of satiation?

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: April 16, 2013

-being ; happiness ; satiation ; basic needs ; Easterlin paradox …

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The effects of education on spouses' satisfaction in Europe

García Mainar, Inmaculada; Molina, José Alberto; … - In: Applied economics 42 (2010) 28/30, pp. 3607-3618

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Eudaimonic happiness as a leading health indicator : cross-country European evidence

Becchetti, Leonardo; Bachelet, Maria Jua; Pisani, Fabio - In: Applied economics 52 (2020) 43, pp. 4726-4744

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Recoupling economic and social prosperity

Lima de Miranda, Katharina; Snower, Dennis J. - 2020

This paper explores a new theoretical and empirical approach to the assessment of human wellbeing, relevant to current challenges of social fragmentation in the presence of globalization and technological advance. We present two indexes of well-being - solidarity (S) and agency (A) - to be...

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